Sewickley Herald

              Vol. Ill
SEWICKLEY, PA.5 SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1906
No. 50
SOME.
But Even the Elements Did Not Mar
the Enjoyment of the Business
Men's Guests Tuesday.
FIRST ANNUAL OUTING GREAT SUCCESS.
The first outing.of the Sewickley
''Valley Business Men's Association
■ made Tuesday last a gala day in the
life of about 1,200 people, young,
and old, of this place and vicinity.
Heavy rains added to the work to
be done, but did not mar the tremendous good humor of the throng.
Promptly on time, the special train
reached Sewickley station at 8.50
a. m. and at that station, Edge-
worth and Leetsdale, the fifteen
cars were completely filled. New
Gastle was reached on time, and in
midst of a heavy rain. But a merry throng boarded the trolley cars
and rolled over the two miles to
beautiful Cascade Park. Here,
Big Run was still a slender stream,
and the water falls slim. But soon
the rain told and the falls were a
delightful sight.
The platform -at the dancing
pavilion was reserved for the Association and its friends. Here the
Park Orchestra was on duty. It
is. conducted by Conley & Hert,
has nine pieces, and Mrs. Gonley is
the pianist.
Mr. A. H. Diehl was the life and
soul of the out-door sports, and the
games' were continued despite the
rains. At the pavilion, the shoe
races were run, amid great interest.
Young Wilhelm, of Broad street,
won two prizes in this contest,
getting the right shoes frbm the
pile, and being the first to return,'
With his $4, Wilhelm was the hapr
piest lad in the park.
The Citizens' Band did splendidly; and, rain or no rain, cheered all
day by their playing.
The delight of the young people
was tremendous. The rain simply
added to their fun. Some took a
ride on the electric launch "Cascade," of which William Hughes is
captain and operator, and a bright
boy, Glenn Barge, is mate. Early
in the afternoon Big Run got to
flood height and the waterfall was
yellow, but most impressive in
quantity.
The arduous duties of serving
the eatables was nobly performed
by the women of Sewickley, ably
assisted by leading men of the Association. Every roof eel place amid
th® trees and rocks held a busy
group of women, and the supply of
good things was ample. The wearers of souvenir buttons will save
these in memory of the good times
it will recall.
Evening found a great crowd at
the New Gastle station, and the
jam at the car steps will, never be
forgotten- But there were seats
for nearly all, and at 9.45 p. m. the
train reached Sewickley, and the
fifteen cars were emptied of a tired
but delighted host'of people.
The manner in which the-Sewickley   Valley   Business   Men's
(Continued on page 6.) -
lore About
the Postoffice,
Claim Made That Grove and
Beaver Streets Site is
a Good One.
GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO ACCEPTIT
While there were not many post-
office sites offered to the Federal
Government by property owners in
the valley, in fact only one formally
offered, the matter is still being,
worked upon, as there are a great
nnmber of our citizens who are
desirous of having a fine new post-
office within the borough of
Sewickley.
A prominent citizen of the
borough who is in close touch with
the real estate market and knows
the property valuations as "they
exist in Sewickley, makes the
statement   that it   is a   physical
impossibility to procure a site within the specificitions of the Federal
government as regards frontage
and price anywhere within what is
termed the business zone of the
borough, that is between Walnut
and Ghestnut streets, and thinks
that our citizens should take the
opportunity of securing a post-
office building by accepting the
site offered at the corner of Grove
and Beaver streets.
It is a fact that the sites within
the center of the town that we
mentioned could not be procured
for the amount of the appropriation.
Some of them do not have the required frontage and others- could
not be bought for $1-5,000. If a
site is not chosen this year it may
be impossible to get another appropriation, or. an increase, through
the. next session of congress and
Sewickley would then loose   her
building for some years to come at
least.
The site offered by S. W. Black
Co., is said to meet all requirements of the specifications as laid
down by the government. It is a
desirable corner lot, with no old or
new buildings to be razed or moved
and has the proper area, with good
foundation possibilities, which the
government can buy for the figure
they are willing to pay. This is
the manner in which those who
think this site to be the proper one
present the matter, and as this is
the only site that has really' been
tendered the authorities that meet
the requirements, the probable
acceptance of it is in their favor.
A new postoffice building would
certainly benefit and add to the
town and should be placed in a location that would benefit the largest
number of our citizens especially
the business interests.
It is not supposed for a moment
.hit beautifull suburb is alwaysgo-
ing to have a ram- shackle business
district. She will find her level one
of these days, and where now stand
old frame buildings will be found
modern business buildings of good
appearence, with all facilities for
enhancing the business of the merchants who occupy them.
It is now up to those who own or
have the authority to sell, to offer a
suitable site within this district, and
if this is impossible, then it is the
duty of our citizens to do the next
best thing and take the best site .
procurable, irrespective of central
location, and procure the postoffice.
We need new and modern structures and the federal building would
be a fine starter.
Sewickley real estate market is
pretty near the top notch and when
the prices on our main street range
from $150 to $300 a foot front,with
some not to be bought at double the
latter prioe, there is not much prospect of seeing any large business
buildings being built for a year or.
two, but they will come.
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